by CPhillips | May 25, 2017 | Blogging, Branding, Communication Planning, Communications, digital communications, marketing, public relations, social media, strategic communications, website
A lot of people look at an electronic newsletter as the PDF version of their standard print newsletter. I think it needs to be more than that. Digital time is valuable time. If you are going to ask your readers to invest the time to read what you are saying, don’t...
by CPhillips | May 23, 2017 | Blogging, Communication Planning, Communications, digital communications, interviews, social media, speech writing
What is your job as a communicator? I’d say it’s to make the important information interesting enough to capture a reader’s attention. People respond to your stories on three basic levels: 1) intellectually, 2) emotionally or 3) visually. That’s where creativity comes...
by CPhillips | May 16, 2017 | Communications, Corporate Culture, Crisis Communications, Customer Service, leadership, satisfaction
Even with the best of intentions, sometimes things go wrong. How you handle that incident will determine whether your customer will remain loyal or if they will look elsewhere for their future needs. If you screw up, fix it fast. Tell the truth and tell the customer...
by CPhillips | May 11, 2017 | Business, Communications, Corporate Culture, Customer Service, Employee engagement, leadership, satisfaction
How would you define your customer? When is the last time you thought about them? Do you now their beliefs and thoughts? What drives their actions? Do you think of them as invited guests? What happens within the walls of your business directly effects whether that...
by CPhillips | May 5, 2017 | Blogging, Communication Planning, Communications, Customer Service, marketing, social media, strategic communications, website, writing
There are still people who think there is no return on investment (ROI) where social media is concerned. They are still convinced it’s just something the younger generation is using. It’s something you can let an intern focus on. Well I’m here to tell you, they are...
by CPhillips | Apr 20, 2017 | Blogging, Communications
When you first start writing a story, either fiction or non, you’re excited about it. You’ve got all these thoughts and are ready to get it on paper. You’ve got a great idea of where you’re going to end up. But then something happens. You get to the middle of the...
